Only after Tangtang dies does she learn that she and her mother, Qin Heng, are cannon fodder in a storybook.
Her father, Wei Chengyue, is the male lead. One day, he'll be exonerated, become a general, marry the Princess Royal, and wield power over the court.
Meanwhile, her mother will die of illness on the road to exile, and she'll freeze to death in the snow.
Reborn at five years old, Tangtang clings to her coughing, blood-spitting mother. “Mother, this time, let's not have Father.”
The Wei family thinks Qin Heng is bad luck and calls Tangtang a jinx. Wei Chengyue claims to care, but turns around to pave the way for the Princess Royal.
Later, Qin Heng divorces him, and everyone waits to see how she'll survive with a burden in tow.
But Qin Heng becomes famous across the northern frontier for her medical skills, while Tangtang finds herself a new family.
Her new father is a top scholar who transmigrated here. He gently shields his wife: “Qin Heng is my wife. Who dares insult her?”
Her new older brother is a tycoon whose wealth surpasses all others. He tosses out a stack of banknotes: “My sister lacks for nothing, least of all the Wei family's charity.”
Her new older sister is a female general who earned her title of marquis on the battlefield. She levels her spear: “Anyone who harms Tangtang dies.”
When the Wei family returns to the capital, they discover that the unwanted divorcee has become a top scholar's wife.
The little jinx they despised is now treasured by her new family like the apple of their eye.
With red-rimmed eyes, Wei Chengyue begs Tangtang to come home.
Tangtang hides behind her new father and says in her childish voice, “But Daddy, Tangtang stopped wanting you a long time ago.”
